Following the loss of the container vessel MOL COMFORT on
17 June 2013, ClassNK established a special Casualty Investigation Team in
order to investigate and determine the cause of the casualty.
Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and
Tourism (MLIT) further established a Committee on Large Container Ship Safety
to develop measures to ensure the safety of large container vessels on 29
August 2013. ClassNK serves as a member of the Committee and the ClassNK
Casualty Investigation Team is actively involved in its deliberative and
investigative work.
The Committee on Large Container Ship Safety completed
its Interim Report on the MOL Comfort casualty during its fourth meeting on 12
December 2013, and released the report to the public on 17 December 2013.
English excerpts of the report are available on MLIT’s website.
In line with Interim Report, the ClassNK Casualty
Investigation Team will continue to carry out numerical simulations of hull
strength and acting loads, as well as conduct full-scale stress measurements of
actual ships in order to develop comprehensive measures to ensure the safety of
large container vessels, including potential amendments to existing
classification rules related to hull structures.
The Casualty Investigation Team will also work closely
with the International Association of Classification Societies’ (IACS) newly
established large container ship safety project team to ensure that findings
from the casualty investigation are reflected in IACS regulatory work.
Source SN-TR and ClassNK, 20.12.13.
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